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cbrfanatic
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Sep 1, 2006, 11:16 PM
 
Hey Guys/Gals, i have a question...
I have my 1.67Ghz aluminum pb with 1gig of ram powering a 21" HD lcd with a max resolution of 1680x1050 thru a DVI-D connector straight to the the DVI out on the side of the pb. i have no applications running other then firefox. i tried to watch a H.264 codec 720p quality video at a resolution of 1280x720. when i tried to watch it, it was bogging, play a few seconds, pause, play a few, pause etc etc. I then quit firefox so quicktime was the only app running, and it was better, but still doing the same thing, what can be causing this?
Also, when i check iStat pro, the memory scale is at almost 100% capacity when 545mb is labeled inactive? could this be the cause and if so why? it says only 80mb is free when im only running firefox now...please help
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Sep 2, 2006, 02:24 AM
 
Apple states on their website that HD in 720p and higher requires a G5 or an Intel Core Duo or better to play smoothly. This is clearly another one of the reasons Apple switched over to Intel processors so their notebooks and Mac Mini could play HD.
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cbrfanatic  (op)
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Sep 2, 2006, 02:45 AM
 
thanks for the info, after i posted i tried it again to make sure, ait ctually played very nicely for about half of the 4 minute length, then it began to bog, thanks again.
     
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Sep 2, 2006, 07:55 PM
 
Yeah, HD is extremely taxing on any system (it even takes 75% of MBP's resources at 1080p), and yes, that's definitly one reason Apple switched to Intel, the G4 couldn't keep up and the G5 didn't work in a Laptop.

I wouldn't worry about it (or just stick with lower-resolution video).
     
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Sep 2, 2006, 08:03 PM
 
yea, 720p works just fine, sucks that it cant be a bigger size tho, my monitor drawfs the 800x800 size of 720p...looks like i should just bite the bullet and but a mbp, but ill wait until steve has his little meeting thing and see wassup, hopefully the iphone is coming out?...
     
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Sep 3, 2006, 02:34 AM
 
Originally Posted by cbrfanatic
yea, 720p works just fine, sucks that it cant be a bigger size tho, my monitor drawfs the 800x800 size of 720p...looks like i should just bite the bullet and but a mbp, but ill wait until steve has his little meeting thing and see wassup, hopefully the iphone is coming out?...
the resolution of 720p is 1280x720.
     
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Sep 3, 2006, 05:21 AM
 
i stand corrected, dunno what i was thinking when i typed that.
     
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Sep 3, 2006, 06:52 AM
 
The G4 is such an old processor... it was 2001-2002 when it was comparable to Intel chips. Since then, Intel chips have been light years ahead of the G4 in terms of speed. Even though G4 machines were sold up to about 6 months ago, the processor technology was aging, and hence cannot keep up with todays computing demands.
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